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====Bibliography==== **1.** Blakely, R. J. et al. Connecting the Yakima fold and thrust belt to active faults in the Puget Lowland, Washington. Journal of Geophysical Research 116, (2011). Blakely et al. uses aeromagnetic evidence to suggest that faults within the Yakima Fold and Thrust Belt (YFTB) may extend all the way to Western Washington, merging with the active Seattle and Whidbey Island faults. If these connected faults are seismically active along their entire lengths then seismic hazards in Eastern Washington are potentially more dangerous and should be reassessed. **2.** Blakely, R. J., Sherrod, B. L., Weaver, C. S., Rohay, A. C. & Wells, R. E. Tectonic Setting of the Wooded Island Earthquake Swarm, Eastern Washington. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 102, 1786–1795 (2012). Blakely et al. used high-resolution aeromagnetic data to model the tectonic setting for the Wooded Island earthquake swarm. They came to the conclusion that regional tectonic forces (Yakima Fold and Thrust Belt) were the cause of the swarm though it may have been triggered by fluid pressure changes.
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